EP1048043B1 - Dispositif interrupteur - Google Patents

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EP1048043B1
EP1048043B1 EP99962059A EP99962059A EP1048043B1 EP 1048043 B1 EP1048043 B1 EP 1048043B1 EP 99962059 A EP99962059 A EP 99962059A EP 99962059 A EP99962059 A EP 99962059A EP 1048043 B1 EP1048043 B1 EP 1048043B1
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rotary potentiometer
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Carsten Meyer
Matthias Scholz
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/02—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
    • H01H3/0213—Combined operation of electric switch and variable impedance, e.g. resistor, capacitor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/06—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement
    • H01H25/065—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement using separate operating parts, e.g. a push button surrounded by a rotating knob
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/002—Legends replaceable; adaptable
    • H01H2219/014—LED
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2229/00—Manufacturing
    • H01H2229/064—Eliminating tolerances

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  • the invention relates to a switching device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a switching device is for example known from DE 41 17 031.
  • This switching device has both the function of a rotary switch, as well as another function, such as the function of a pressure switch on.
  • an upstanding shaft portion is arranged inside a housing on an inner bottom surface, on which a rotary plate is mounted with a grinder mounted thereon.
  • the grinder stands with shift patterns, which are arranged on a support plate, in electrical contact. Due to the rotational movement of the shaft part of the slider slides over the switching pattern, whereby contacts are changeable.
  • a tubular elastic contact member is placed to the shaft part.
  • a hand-operated knob is movable about and along a bearing portion of the rotary plate, so that when the knob is rotated, the rotary plate is rotated for a switching operation of a rotary switch constituted by the slider and a first switching pattern.
  • the contact member Upon axial movement of the knob against a return force applied by the resilient contact member, the contact member is actuated by the knob like a pressure switch formed by a second switching pattern and the resilient contact member.
  • Such a switching device has a small height, but a large width and depth, since the switching pattern are arranged on a flat support plate perpendicular to the direction of rotation of the rotary switch.
  • EP 0 157 373 A2 discloses an electrical component whose electrical value can be adjusted by rotation of a rotation axis.
  • the axis of rotation for example of a potentiometer, is arranged to be axially displaceable and move out of its position At rest, at least one electrical switch is actuated.
  • This device makes it possible, for example, to precisely set a set value by means of a small diameter potentiometer with one hand, by the set value is switched through the switch on a display and can be observed in the setting.
  • a control panel for a vehicle heating and / or air conditioning system which has at least one rotary knob for setting an operating parameter of the system and at least one push button for the discontinuous transition from one functional mode to another mode, wherein the push button is received in the knob.
  • the knob is associated with a two-state switch in the manner that each pressure movement of the push button brings about a change in the state of the switch, wherein a return means is provided to return the push button after each pressure movement to its original position.
  • Pressure switch allows to the effect that the pressure switch is completely decoupled from the rotary potentiometer. It should be made possible that the pressure switch and / or the rotary potentiometer can be illuminated in a simple manner.
  • the design of the rotary potentiometer as a hollow cylindrical shape, in the interior of which the pressure switch is arranged, has the particularly great advantage that the pressure switch is completely decoupled from the rotary potentiometer. It can be advantageously provided that in addition to the pressure switch in the interior of the rotary potentiometer further elements, such as light-conducting elements or guide and actuating elements of the rotary potentiometer are arranged. Due to the relatively large cylindrical interior of the hollow cylindrical Drehpotentiometers here are in principle a wide variety of possible arrangements of pressure switches, lighting elements, management and / or actuators of the rotary potentiometer and any other components, such as switching elements, circuit boards and the like. possible.
  • the actuating element of the rotary potentiometer is formed as a hollow cylinder and rigidly coupled to a slider which is displaceable on a resistance path by a rotational movement of the rotary potentiometer.
  • An embodiment of a switching device shown in Fig. 1, comprises a rotary ring 10 which is rotatably connected to a slider 20.
  • the grinder 20 is guided in a Potentiometer Resultssring 30. It slides on a potentiometer base plate 32, on which a resistance path is arranged in a manner known per se.
  • the rotary ring 10, the slider 20, the Potentiometer Operationssring 30 and the potentiometer base plate 32 has a hollow cylindrical shape, with an inner, continuous, fairly large opening in which a pressure switch 40 is arranged.
  • the pressure switch 40 is completely decoupled from the rotary ring and the slider 20 so that the rotary ring 10 and the slider 20 are rotatable without an actuator 41 of the pressure switch 40 is thereby placed in a rotary motion.
  • the entire assembly is attached to a front panel 50, it may be arranged at an angle to a support or circuit board 60, as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the circuit board 60 is connected to the potentiometer base 32 by electrical conductors, such as wires 34.
  • a switch element 42 can be provided on the printed circuit board 60, which can be actuated by a lower, essentially flat end plate 43 of the switch 40.
  • additional light-emitting diodes 70 are arranged in the second embodiment on the circuit board 60 for illuminating the pressure switch 40.
  • the lower end plate 43 of the pressure switch 40 has openings 44, through which the actuating element 41 in the form of a button of the pressure switch 40 can be illuminated.
  • the internal pressure switch 40 is decoupled in terms of movement from the rotary ring.
  • An angular deviation between the axis of the actuating elements of the combined rotary pressure switch and the printed circuit board 60 can also be compensated for in a simple manner.
  • the switching device described above serves as an absolute encoder and pulse button, for example, in air distribution plates of a motor vehicle heating and air conditioning unit.
  • the switching device can be clipped into a front panel 50 or attached in / to it in another way.
  • the rotary ring can via a leaf spring in the guide ring 30 and a detent gate on the grinder be provided with a micro catch (not shown).
  • the contacting of the switching device with the circuit board 60 can be made via solder pins or soldered or pluggable jumpers or the like.
  • the switching device described above with its large inner diameter as a core assembly, the possibility of constructive placement and mechanical decoupling of other switch elements in their interior, such as electronic circuits, lighting elements or the like.
  • the switching device has a much larger electrical operating angle than is technically feasible with smaller rotary potentiometers.
  • the large interior of the hollow cylindrical rotary potentiometer offers sufficient space to several independent lighting control systems for night and function lighting.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
  • Rotary Switch, Piano Key Switch, And Lever Switch (AREA)
  • Switch Cases, Indication, And Locking (AREA)
  • Air-Conditioning For Vehicles (AREA)

Claims (5)

  1. Dispositif interrupteur, comprenant un potentiomètre rotatif et un bouton poussoir, dans lequel un élément d'actionnement (10) du potentiomètre rotatif et un élément d'actionnement (41) du bouton poussoir (40) sont disposés concentriquement, le potentiomètre rotatif ayant essentiellement la forme d'un cylindre creux à l'intérieur duquel le bouton poussoir (40) est disposé,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le bouton poussoir (40) est entièrement désaccouplé du potentiomètre rotatif.
  2. Dispositif interrupteur selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé par
    des éléments conduisant la lumière à l'intérieur du potentiomètre rotatif.
  3. Dispositif interrupteur selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé par
    des éléments d'appui et/ou de guidage de l'élément d'actionnement (41) du bouton poussoir et/ou de l'élément d'actionnement (10) du potentiomètre rotatif à l'intérieur du potentiomètre rotatif.
  4. Dispositif interrupteur selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément d'actionnement (10) du potentiomètre rotatif est couplé de manière rigide à une meuleuse (20).
  5. Dispositif interrupteur selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément d'actionnement (10) du potentiomètre rotatif est couplé à la cardan à une meuleuse (20).
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DE19853587 1998-11-20
DE19853587A DE19853587A1 (de) 1998-11-20 1998-11-20 Schaltvorrichtung
PCT/DE1999/003686 WO2000031765A1 (fr) 1998-11-20 1999-11-19 Dispositif interrupteur

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EP1048043B1 true EP1048043B1 (fr) 2006-11-22

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WO (1) WO2000031765A1 (fr)

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